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* '''Downplayed''': The prologue takes place only 5 years before the events of the movie.

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* '''Downplayed''': The prologue takes place only 5 years 6 months before the events of the movie.



** DistantEpilogue

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** DistantEpilogueDistantFinale
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* There is no prologue.
* The prologue takes place in the PresentDay.

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* ** There is no prologue.
* ** The prologue takes place in the PresentDay.
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'''Basic Trope''': A prologue that takes place several years before the main story.
* '''Straight''': ''Superspy Bob'' has a prologue that takes place 20 years before the main story.
* '''Exaggerated''': The prologue takes place more than 800 years ago.
* '''Downplayed''': The prologue takes place only 5 years before the events of the movie.
* '''Justified''': The prologue explains how Superspy Bob got into the business, serving as a character introduction.
* '''Inverted''':
** DistantEpilogue
** The prologue is a FlashForward.
* '''Subverted''': The camera fades into what appears to be a city from the past... only to be revealed that it's a museum.
* '''Double Subverted''': The museum segment is revealed to be set 20 years before the main story.
* '''Zig-Zagged''': The prologue cuts back and forth between events from the past and present.
* '''Averted''':
* There is no prologue.
* The prologue takes place in the PresentDay.
* '''Lampshaded''': "Those were the days..."
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